FASEB Presents Dr. Raynard Kington With the 2010 FASEB Public Service Award

On June 7th, FASEB honored National Institutes of Health (NIH) Principal Deputy Director, Raynard Kington, M.D., Ph.D., with its annual Public Service Award, in recognition of his distinguished career and many contributions to the overall policy direction of the agency. In presenting the award, FASEB President, Mark Lively, Ph.D., noted that Kington earned the profound gratitude of the research community for the leadership he provided during the development, initiation, and implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) programs.

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Inside (The Beltway) Scoop - Jennifer Zeitzer

A week-long Memorial Day break seemed to do little to improve Congress’s mood as lawmakers returned to Washington and promptly engaged in a fresh round of partisan squabbling about the national debt and the fiscal year (FY) 2011 federal budget. The fight over fiscal matters took place at the same time that congressional leaders identified a long list of items on which they hoped to complete action by the end of June, including passing legislation to extend expiring tax credits and unemployment benefits, reconciling the differences between the House and Senate-passed financial reform bills, and finishing a supplemental appropriations bill to fund ongoing operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) held a public meeting to solicit stakeholder input regarding the fiscal year (FY) 2011 Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) request for applications (RFA’s). Over the course of the day-long meeting, approximately 30 speakers, including FASEB President, Dr. Mark Lively, provided five-minute oral statements.

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On June 4, 2010, the Pubmed Central National (PMC) Advisory Committee held its annual meeting which was chaired by Gary Ward of the University of Vermont and included the MPC 10th anniversary commemoration.

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